CONCERNS have been raised over data protection as new laws are being introduced to make patient records available across all NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulance services in England.

Plans for a “single patient record” have been unveiled, which will summarise all of a patient’s health information, test results and letters in the NHS App, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

Ministers have launched a consultation on the future of the NHS, promising to put patients and staff at the heart of its forthcoming 10-year health plan.